The secrets of the Vatican
By: by Douglas Sladen ....
Contributors: Bourne, Francis Alphonsus, 1861-1935.
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott; Hurst and Blackett
Published: 1907
Place of publication: Philadelphia, USA; London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Catholic Church -- France; Catholic Church -- Government; Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Notes: Title in red and black.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: INTRODUCTORY MATTER; title: Dedication iv; title: Preface v; title: A List of the Popes, with their dates, places of birth and Family names xv; title: Contents xxi; title: List of Illustrations xxiii; title: PART I.; title: ABOUT THE VATICAN IN GENERAL ; THE POPE : HIS CARDINALS, HIS OFFICIALS, AND HIS POLICY.; title: I. — Introduction 3; title: II. — What the Vatican Consists of 13; title: III. — What Happens at the Death of a Pope 37; title: IV. — What Happens at the Election of a Pope. 48; title: V. — About the Sacred College of Cardinals and their Election 86; title: VI. — On the Duties of the Pope's Secretary of State And his Predecessor, the Cardinal Nephew  108; title: VII. —  A Visit to the Pope's Secretary of State, Cardinal Merry del Val, in the Borgia Apartments 123; title: VIII. — An Audience with the Pope 131; title: IX. — How the Pope Lives 137; title: X. — The Papal Court and the High Officials of which It Is composed 145; title: XI. — The Sacred Congregations and Pontifical Commissions 157; title: XII. — On the Crisis between the Vatican and France. (By His Grace the Archbishop of Westminster) 175; title: PART II.; title: ABOUT THE PARTS OF THE VATICAN NOT GENERALLY SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC.; title: I. — The Story of the Vatican Hill from Ancient Roman Times 187; title: II. — The Story of the Building of the Vatican at Various Epochs 196; title: III. — A Description of Old St. Peter's 219; title: IV. — On the Remains of Old St. Peter's still preserved In Rome 242; title: V. — The Grotte Vaticane, or Crypt of St. Peter's. Grotte Nuove, North Side 258; title: VI. — The Grotte Vaticane, or Crypt of St. Peter's. Grotte Vecchie 273; title: VII. — The Grotte Vaticane, or Crypt of St. Peter's. Grotte Nuove, South Side 292; title: VIII. — Nicholas V. and the Vatican. The Chapel of Nicholas V 299; title: IX. — The Vatican Library 317; title: X. — The Visits of Montaigne and Misson to the Vatican Library 340; title: XI. — The New Leonine Library where the printed Books Are Kept 348; title: XII. — The Vatican Archives and the Work of Cardinal Mai 358; title: XIII. — The Private Gardens of the Pope  367; title: XIV. — The Pope's Coach-house. An Account of the Old Cavalcata. The Vatican Workshops of Mosaics And Tapestries 379; title: XV. — Raffaelle's Tapestries 391; title: XVI. — The Paoune and Leonine Chapels, and the Pope's Private Tapestry Rooms 398; title: XVII. — The Sistine Treasury 407; title: XVIII. — The Sacristy of St. Peter's 415; title: XIX.— The Dome of St. Peter's 420; title: XX. — The Borgia Apartments 426; title: XXI. — The Etruscan Museum 451